Renew Your 2012 Membership now at a Reduced Rate!
Discount applies through 15 December — don’t wait and chance missing the lower rate! Renew by 15 Dec. to save 15% on your 2012 membership. Discount applies to members from high income countries. Those from non-high income countries qualify for reduced dues.

It's also that time of year to update your membership by:

Subscribing to GSA's premier journals;

Joining any number of GSA's 17 specialty Divisions; and

Supporting students, research, and education by making a voluntary contribution to the GSA Foundation.

Available from the GSA BookstoreThe Field Description of Igneous Rocks, Second Edition
Designed for scientists and students to use in the field when information and resources may be difficult to access, this handy guide published by Wiley-Blackwell is now available through GSA.

From the Outside Looking In
Written and illustrated by Charles Ferguson Barker: Introduce the children in your life to the science in your life with this captivating story of plate tectonics illustrated with detailed black-and-white pencil drawings.

MEETINGS

2012 Annual Meeting Call for Field Trip Proposals
Know of a great geoscience excursion near Charlotte, North Carolina? Teach your colleagues and peers about the ground-breaking research in this region. Submit your idea for a fun, interesting, and educational field trip for the 2012 Annual Meeting online. Trips can be anywhere from a half day to 5 days long. Contact: Beth Engle, +1-303-357-1006, .

2011 Annual MeetingA big Thank You to everyone who had a part in helping to shape this meeting!Lost & Found
Did you lose something at the 2011 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis? An earring? iPhone? Power charger? Clothing, glasses, books? We brought several items back from the meeting. Please e-mail GSA Lost & Found at , and we'll let you know if we have what you lost.

GEOCORPS™ AMERICA - 2012

During the summer of 2012, GSA and its partner agencies — the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management — will be offering more than eighty paid geoscience internships on America’s most amazing public lands. All levels of geologists (students, educators, professionals, retirees, and others) are encouraged to apply.

Positions will be posted online by 1 Dec. 2011 when the application period begins. The 2012 positions will include Guest Scientist positions, GeoCorps Diversity Internships, and GeoCorps American Indian Internships.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 Feb. 2012.

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Serve Geoscience & Impact Public Policy —
Be the 2012–2013 Congressional Science Fellow!
Application deadline: 1 Feb. 2012.
Put your expertise and experience to work helping shape science and technology policy on Capitol Hill in concert with national and international leaders.
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EXPLORE ANTARCTICA WITH GSA

TIME IS RUNNING OUT
If you’ve ever thought about seeing the stunning and untamed Antarctic landscape, now is your chance to make the trip in the company of GSA experts. This experience will stay with you for the rest of your life!
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B. Lazar and M. Stein wrote about environmental conditions for migration across Saudi Arabia in their Geology paper, "Freshwater on the route of hominids out of Africa revealed by U-Th in Red Sea corals." This was covered by Haaretz.com.
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"Initial burst of oceanic crust accretion in the Red Sea due to edge-driven mantle convection," by M. Ligi et al., Geology, Nov. 2011, was featured as the editors' choice this week in Science (vol. 334, 11 Nov.).

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